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| Category | Serif |
|---|---|
| Classification | Old-style |
| Designer(s) | Miklós Tótfalusi Kis Chauncey H. Griffith |
| Foundry | Linotype |
| Design based on | Nicholas Kis' Roman of 1685[citation needed] |
Janson is the name given to a set of old-style serif typefaces from the Dutch Baroque period, and modern revivals from the twentieth century.[1][2][3] Janson is a crisp, relatively high-contrast serif design, most popular for body text.
Janson is based on surviving matrices from Leipzig that were named for Anton Janson (1620–1687), a Leipzig-based printer and punch-cutter from the Netherlands who was believed to have created them. In 1954 Harry Carter and George Buday published an essay asserting that the designer of the Janson typeface was in fact a Hungarian-Transylvanian schoolmaster and punchcutter, Miklós (Nicholas) Tótfalusi Kis (1650–1702).[4][5]
- ^ Paul Shaw (April 2017). Revival Type: Digital Typefaces Inspired by the Past. Yale University Press. pp. 78–9. ISBN 978-0-300-21929-6.
- ^ Alexander S. Lawson (1990). Anatomy of a Typeface. David R. Godine Publisher. pp. 158–68. ISBN 978-0-87923-333-4.
- ^ Stauffacher, Jack (1985). "The Transylvanian Phoenix: the Kis-Janson Types in the Digital Era". Visible Language. 19 (1): 61–76. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ Middendorp, Jan (2004). Dutch type. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers. p. 25. ISBN 978-90-6450-460-0. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Lane, John (1983). "The Types of Nicholas Kis". Journal of the Printing Historical Society: 47–75.